I don’t know Congresswoman Solis very well but I am a big fan. Growing up just north of her district, I have watched its transformation from a collection of white working class bedroom communities to the sort of Latino and Asian melting pot distinctive to Southern California. With her focus on issues like immigration and […]

More than three years ago, I wrote about a client’s attempt to get government to wake up to the need for cyber-security:
The work that CSIA does goes beyond just making your computer safe from viruses. The Executive Director, Paul Kurtz, and I have had discussions of the larger issue here: our ever-increasing connectedness, from information […]

I do not buy into the idea of Barack Obama’s election marking our country’s entrance into post-racial politics. But I am always heartened when related thresholds are crossed, whether it is an African-American to the presidency or an Indian-American to the short list of 2012 GOP nominees. I still think the best thing we can […]